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Scientists discover thriving colonies of microbes in ocean ‘plastisphere’
Suctorian ciliate covered with symbiotic bacteria, along with diatoms, and filaments on weathered and cracked microplastic debris. Credit: Erik Zettler, Sea Education Association (Phys.org) —Scientists...
View ArticleBiologist studies microbes 2,500 meters down on the sea floor
The extreme heat of hydrothermal vents even 2,500 meters under the sea resembles the conditions life likely endured when it first emerged billions of years ago. Credit: Jeremy Rich The research vessel...
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